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- EP2716476A1 EP2716476A1 EP12789154.7A EP12789154A EP2716476A1 EP 2716476 A1 EP2716476 A1 EP 2716476A1 EP 12789154 A EP12789154 A EP 12789154A EP 2716476 A1 EP2716476 A1 EP 2716476A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B60C15/00—Tyre beads, e.g. ply turn-up or overlap
- B60C15/0009—Tyre beads, e.g. ply turn-up or overlap features of the carcass terminal portion
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B60C13/00—Tyre sidewalls; Protecting, decorating, marking, or the like, thereof
- B60C13/02—Arrangement of grooves or ribs
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B60C19/00—Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
- B60C19/002—Noise damping elements provided in the tyre structure or attached thereto, e.g. in the tyre interior
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B60C15/00—Tyre beads, e.g. ply turn-up or overlap
- B60C15/0009—Tyre beads, e.g. ply turn-up or overlap features of the carcass terminal portion
- B60C2015/009—Height of the carcass terminal portion defined in terms of a numerical value or ratio in proportion to section height
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- the present invention relates to a tire provided with one pair of bead cores and a carcass layer having a toroidal shape that extends between such one pair of bead cores.
- a tire provided with one pair of bead cores, a carcass layer having a toroidal shape that extends between such one pair of bead cores, a belt layer disposed so as to be adjacent to the carcass layer, and a rubber layer covering the bead cores, the carcass layer, and the belt layer.
- the tire is provided with a bead portion having a bead core, a tread portion having a tire step face, a side wall portion forming a side face of the tire, and a shoulder portion provided so as to extend between the side wall portion and the tread portion.
- Patent Literature 1 a technique of disposing a sheet-shaped rubber with a higher damping property than that of a tread rubber in a part (hereinafter, referred to as a tread rubber) constituting a tread portion (for example, Patent Literature 1).
- Patent Literature 1 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-120512
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the problem described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a tire which is capable of reducing a noise while restraining an increase in rolling resistance.
- a tire according to a first feature comprises one pair of bead cores and a carcass layer having a toroidal shape that extends between the one pair of bead cores.
- the carcass layer is folded back to an outside in a tire width direction at the bead cores.
- a plurality of wall members are provided at positions in the tire width direction.
- the plurality of wall members are provided so as to be spaced from one another along a tire circumferential direction.
- one wall member is shaped such that a size in the tire circumferential direction is larger than a size in a tire radial direction.
- the plurality of wall members protrude to an outside in the tire width direction from a surface of the tire.
- the number of the plurality of wall members is 8 or more.
- the tire according to the embodiments is provided with one pair of bead cores and a carcass layer having a toroidal shape that extends between such one pair of bead cores.
- the carcass layer is folded back to the outside in a tire width direction at the bead core.
- a plurality of wall members are provided at positions in the tire width direction. The plurality of wall members are provided so as to be spaced from one another along a tire circumferential direction.
- a deformation at a boundary (hereinafter, referred to as a rigidity stepped portion) at which a rigidity varies in the side wall portion would influence the noise associated with vibration of the tire.
- a rigidity stepped portion a deformation at a boundary at which a rigidity varies in the side wall portion
- a plurality of wall members are provided at the positions along the tire width direction. Therefore, the deformation of the rigidity stepped portion can be restrained, and the noise associated with the vibration of the tire can be restrained.
- the mode of vibration of the tire causing noise has a periodicity along the tire circumferential direction.
- the plurality of wall members are provided so as to be spaced from one another along the tire circumferential direction. Therefore, the vibration having the periodicity can be restrained along the tire circumferential direction, and the noise associated with the vibration of the tire can be restrained.
- Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are diagrams showing a tire 100 according to the first embodiment.
- the tire 100 as shown in Fig. 1 , has a bead portion 10, a side wall portion 20, a shoulder portion 30, and a tread portion 40.
- the bead portion 10 is provided at the innermost side in the tire radial direction among the elements constituting the tire 100.
- the bead portion 10 is continuously provided along the tire circumferential direction.
- the bead portion 10 is an element for fixing the tire 100 to a rim. It is to be noted that the bead portion 10 is covered with a rubber.
- the side wall portion 20 is provided outside in the tire radial direction with respect to the bead portion 10, among the elements constituting the tire 100.
- the side wall portion 20 is continuously provided along the tire circumferential direction.
- the side wall portion 20 constitutes a side face of the tire 100. It is to be noted that the side wall portion 20 is covered with a rubber.
- the shoulder portion 30 is provided so as to extend between the side wall portion 20 and the tread portion 40 among the elements constituting the tire 100.
- the shoulder portion 30 is continuously provided along the tire circumferential direction. It is to be noted that the shoulder portion 30 is covered with a rubber.
- the tread portion 40 is an element constituting a tire stepping surface that grounds on a road surface, among the elements constituting the tire 100.
- the tread portion 40 is continuously provided along the tire circumferential direction.
- On the tire stepping surface of the tread portion 40 for example, there are provided a groove (a circumferential groove) extending along the tire circumferential direction and a tread pattern formed by a (widthwise) groove extending along the tire width direction.
- the tire 100 as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 , has a bead core 110, a carcass layer 120, and a belt layer 130.
- the bead core 110 has a bead core 110A and a bead core 110B, and constitutes a bead portion 10.
- the bead core 110 has a ring shape, and is configured by bead wires (not shown).
- a carcass layer 120 has a toroidal shape that extends between the bead core 110A and the bead core 110B.
- the carcass layer 120 is configured by a plurality of carcass cords (not shown) extending along the tire radial direction (or along the tire width direction), for example.
- the carcass layer 120 is folded back to the outside in the tire width direction at the bead core 110.
- End portions 121 (an end portion 121A and an end portion 121B) of the folded carcass layer 120, as shown in Fig. 2 , are positioned at the side wall portion 20.
- the end portions 121 of the folded carcass layer 120 may be positioned at the bead portion 10.
- a belt layer 130 has a belt layer 130A and a belt layer 130B, and constitutes a tread portion 40.
- the belt layer 130 is disposed at the outside in the tire radial direction with respect to the carcass layer 120.
- the belt layer 130 has a structure in which a belt cord is covered with a rubber.
- the belt cord provided in the belt layer 130A may cross a belt cord provided in the belt layer 130B.
- a plurality of wall members 200 are provided at the positions in the tire width direction.
- the plurality of wall members 200 are provided so as to be spaced from one another along the tire circumferential direction.
- FIG. 3 and Fig. 4 are diagrams showing details of on wall members 200 according to the first embodiment.
- the wall members 200 are disposed at the outside in the tire width direction with respect to the end portions 121 of the folded carcass layer 120.
- the wall members 200 protrude to the outside in the tire width direction from a surface of the tire 100.
- a portion (for example, a side wall portion 20) excluding the wall members 200 has a thickness A in the tire width direction.
- the wall member 200 has a height B in the tire radial direction.
- the wall member 200 has a thickness C in the tire width direction. It is to be noted that the height B and the thickness C can be shown as follows. First, in the range of the side wall portion 20 excluding the wall members 200, a continuous imaginary line is defined along a surface of the tire 100 (a surface of the side wall portion 20).
- the height B is a height in the tire radial direction in a region protruding to the outside in the tire width direction with respect to such an imaginary line (a gray region of Fig. 3 ).
- the thickness C is a thickness in the tire width direction in a region protruding to the outside in the tire width direction with respect to such an imaginary line (the gray region of Fig. 3 ).
- the thickness A, the height B, and the thickness C have at least one relationship from among "C > 0.5A” and "A ⁇ B ⁇ 5A" (Refer to Evaluation Result 2 to be described later).
- the thickness A be in a range of "2 mm to 6 mm”
- the height B be within a range of 10 mm to 16 mm
- the thickness C be in a range of "2 mm to 4 mm”.
- the thickness A be 4.8 mm
- the height B be 15.0 mm
- the thickness C be 2.5 mm.
- a sectional shape of the wall member 200 be trapezoidal in the cross section of the tire radial direction and the tire width direction. It is to be noted that in the cross section of the tire radial direction and the tire width direction, an outside wall face at the outside in the tire radial direction of the wall member 200 and an inside wall face inside in the tire radial direction of the wall member 200 may be formed in an arc shape.
- the outside wall face at the outside in the tire radial direction of the wall member 200 and the inside wall face at the inside in the tire radial direction of the wall members 200 be gradually connected to a surface of the tire 100 (a surface of the side wall portion 20).
- a plurality of wall members 200 (hereinafter, referred to as eight wall members 200) are provided so as to be spaced from one another along the tire circumferential direction. It is preferable that the number of the plurality of wall members 200 be 8 or more. In addition, it is preferable that the number of the plurality of wall members 200 be 36 or less (Refer to Evaluation Result 3 to be described later).
- the wall member 200 have a shape of which a size in the tire circumferential direction is larger than a size in the tire radial direction in order to effectively restrain vibration with respect to the tire width direction.
- the size in the tire circumferential direction of the wall member 200 is a length taken along the tire circumferential direction at a central position in the tire radial direction of the wall member 200. It is to be noted that as long as there exists the central position in the tire radial direction of the wall member 200, the position in the tire width direction of the wall member 200 is not limited in particular.
- a size D in the tire circumferential direction of the wall member 200 and a gap E between two wall members 200 that are adjacent to each other satisfy a relationship of "5 : 5 ⁇ D : E ⁇ 9 : 1" (Refer to Evaluation Result 4 to be described later).
- Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the mode of vibration of the conventional tire.
- the inventors found out that as the result of the upmost study, the mode of vibration of the tire causing a noise would have a periodicity along the tire circumferential direction.
- a large vibration X with respect to the tire width direction periodically arises along the tire circumferential direction.
- the vibration X is restrained because the wall members 200 are provided.
- a plurality of wall members 200 are provided at the positions in the tire width direction. Therefore, a deformation of the rigidity stepped portion can be restrained, and the noise associated with vibration of the tire 100 can be restrained.
- the plurality of wall members 200 are provided so as to be spaced from one another along the tire circumferential direction. Therefore, the vibration having a periodicity along the tire circumferential direction can be restrained, and the noise associated with the vibration of the tire can be restrained.
- the wall members 200 protrude to the outside in the tire width direction from a surface of the tire 100.
- the wall member 200 is provided in a rubber constituting the surface of the tire 100 (for example, the side wall portion 20).
- the wall member 200 is provided so as to be interposed between the carcass layers 120 at a position at which the carcass layers 120 overlap on each other in the tire width direction.
- Fig. 7 is a diagram showing Evaluation Result 1.
- the tires according to Prior Art 1 are general tires for which no countermeasures against noises are taken. That is, the tire is a tire in which a sheet-shaped rubber with a higher damping property than that of a tread rubber is not provided in a tread portion, and the wall members according to the first embodiment are not provided.
- the tires according to Prior Art 2 are tires in which a sheet-shaped rubber with a higher damping property than that of a tread rubber is provided in a tread portion.
- the tires according to Example 1 are tires in which the wall members according to the first embodiment are provided. Eight wall members are provided in the tires according to Example 1.
- Example 1 in comparison with Prior Art 1, the noise level was improved by about 10%, and in comparison with Prior Art 2, the noise level was improved by about 5%. In addition, in Example 1, in comparison with Prior Art 1, the rolling resistance hardly decreased, and in comparison with Prior Art 2, the rolling resistance was remarkably improved.
- Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are diagrams showing Evaluation Result 2.
- A Thickness in tire width direction of portions in which the wall members are to be provided, excluding thickness of the wall members (Refer to Fig. 3 )
- B Height of the wall member in tire radial direction (Refer to Fig. 3 )
- C Thickness of the wall member in tire width direction (Refer to Fig. 3 )
- Fig. 10 is a diagram showing Evaluation Result 3.
- Evaluation Result 4 As to the tires according to Example 1, the noise level reduction quantity (dB) was evaluated by changing the parameters below.
- Table 1 is a table showing Evaluation Result 4.
- the wall members 200 are disposed at the positions in the tire width direction.
- the wall members 200 are only required to reinforce the end portions 121 (the rigidity stepped portions) of the carcass layer 120, and thus, it is a matter of course that the wall members may be disposed with a slight tolerance with respect to the end portions 121 in the tire radial direction.
- the present invention can provide a tire which is capable of reducing a noise while restraining an increase in rolling resistance.
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JP2011118155 | 2011-05-26 | ||
PCT/JP2012/063485 WO2012161312A1 (fr) | 2011-05-26 | 2012-05-25 | Pneu |
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EP2716476A1 true EP2716476A1 (fr) | 2014-04-09 |
EP2716476A4 EP2716476A4 (fr) | 2014-11-19 |
EP2716476B1 EP2716476B1 (fr) | 2016-08-17 |
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US (1) | US20140124116A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP2716476B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JP5932785B2 (fr) |
CN (1) | CN103561971B (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2012161312A1 (fr) |
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EP3551479A4 (fr) * | 2016-12-12 | 2020-07-08 | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Réducteur de vibration accordé pour pneus |
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EP2716476B1 (fr) | 2016-08-17 |
EP2716476A4 (fr) | 2014-11-19 |
US20140124116A1 (en) | 2014-05-08 |
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